Irvine Welsh's first short-story collection since his debut work The Acid House presents five extraordinary stories, which remind us that he is a master of the short form, a brilliant storyteller, and--unarguably--one of today's funniest and most subversive writers. In "Rattlesnakes" three young Americans, lost in the desert, are accosted by two armed Mexicans. A Korean chef and a Chicago socialite find themselves connected through the disappearance of a pooch named Toto in "The D.O.G.S. of Lincoln Park." And in the title story, Mickey Baker--an ex-pat English bar owner living on the Costa Brava--tries to keep all of his balls in the air: maintaining his barmaid's weight at the sexual maximum, attending to the youthful Persephone, and dodging his ex-wife and Spanish gangsters. In typically Welshian fashion, the characters and settings are anything but typical. These stories will make you laugh and gasp.
Sobre o autor(a)
Welsh, Irvine
Irvine Welsh nasceu em Edimburgo em 1958 e lançou seu primeiro livro, Trainspotting, em 1993, tornando-se rapidamente um marco na literatura britânica dos anos 90. O romance foi posteriormente adaptado para o cinema pelo diretor Danny Boyle. Nos anos seguintes, seguiram-se mais três livros de contos e seis romances, entre os quais Pornô, As revelações picantes dos grandes chefs, e Se você gostou da escola, vai adorar trabalhar, todos publicados pela Rocco. |